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Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21 1859 – July 18 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa’s 4th congressional district then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years he was the longest-serving member of the House. Born before the American Civil War and first elected to Congress in the 19th century Haugen served until his defeat in the 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt landslide.
